About the ADVANCE Grant

Center for ADVANCING UH Faculty Success

The goal of the ADVANCE Center is to increase the number and success of women faculty in traditional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and social/behavioral science (SBS) fields by recruiting, retaining and promoting more women and women of color, by increasing developmental opportunities geared towards developing women into administrative roles, and by creating a lasting infrastructure to facilitate work-life integration.

Currently, women and especially women of color are underrepresented at UH in comparison to other Carnegie 1 institutions. This is particularly true for traditional STEM fields, where women represent approximately 12% of Full Professors, and women of color represent only approximately 1.1% of tenured and tenure-track faculty.